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We had 25 clues and 26 voters. Great hosting by Madhu this week and here’s his summary of the results…

Here is the writeup for final results

Thanks to all who submitted their clues and voted. Two clues ran neck and neck to the top of the table.

The eventual winning clue from
N Anantakrishnan (34) is
Bold cover of Playboy amasses fortune

At second place is the clue from
Ganesh Raman (32)
Poverty ends, bringing in fortune, for one showing courage

Taking the third sport is the clue from
@qpheevr (23)
Courageous disc jockey finally embraces the end of vinyl (6)

Tied at #4 & #5 are the clues from
@LowdownCryptic(20)
Work steadily at capturing head of cartel in United Kingdom? That’s brave (6)

Suyash Roongta(20)
Spirited Yankee chasing hockey disc to secure final goal (6)

Congrats to all winners and participants. Passing the baton to N Anantakrishnan for the next round.

As always, many thanks to Sowmya for her coordination and guidance in running the contest.

Congrats Anant – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

Here’s the link to the full results and you can see how you have been faring this year from our cumulative Leaderboard.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CONTESTS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. A new season of 1ACCWC will resume in January.

Seasons greetings and best wishes to all of you for the new year

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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